Jászapáti is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the
Northern Great Plain
The Northern Great Plain ( hu, Észak-Alföld) is a statistical ( NUTS 2) region of Hungary. It is part of the Great Plain and North (NUTS 1) region. The Northern Great Plain includes the counties of Hajdú-Bihar, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Sza ...
region
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of central
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
.
Geography
It covers an
area
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A shape or figure is a graphics, graphical representation of an obje ...
of and had a
population
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of 8585 people in 2014.
Politics
The current mayor of Jászapáti is Ferenc Farkas (Fidesz-KDNP).
The local Municipal Assembly, elected at the
2019 local government elections, is made up of 9 members (1 Mayor and 8 Individual list MEPs) divided into the following political parties and alliances:
Twin towns – sister cities
Jászapáti is
twinned with:
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Glodeni
Glodeni (; russian: Глодяны; pl, Głodziany; uk, Глодяни) is a city in the northwest of Moldova; it is the seat of Glodeni District. Its population as of 2012 was 11,600. One village, Stîrcea, is administered by the city.
Media ...
, Romania (2014)
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Kamenín
Kamenín ( hu, Kéménd) is a village and municipality in the Nové Zámky District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia.
Geography
The village lies at an altitude of 127 metres and covers an area of 28.058 km².
History
In historica ...
, Slovakia (2010)
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Temerin
Temerin ( sr-Cyrl, Темерин; hu, Temerin, ) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina in Serbia. The town has a population of 19,613, while the municipality has a population of ...
, Serbia (2011)
Notable residents
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János Pócs (1963-), politician
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József Tajti (1943-), footballer and coach
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Elemér Gombos (1915-unknown), Olympic swimmer
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Pál Vágó
Pál Vágó (6 June 1853, Jászapáti - 15 October 1928, Budapest) was a Hungarian painter, known for his historical scenes and cycloramas.
Biography
His father was a minor government official who died when Pál was still a small child. He or ...
(1853-1928), painter
Gallery
File:Jászapáti légi3.jpg, Aerial photography of Jászapáti
File:Hungary Jaszapati church.jpg, Jászapáti church
File:Bahnhof, 2020 Jászapáti.jpg, The train station in Jászapáti
File:1848-49 Revolution memorial name panel K-Zs, 2020 Jászapáti.jpg, Memorial for soldiers from Jászapáti during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848
The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 or fully Hungarian Civic Revolution and War of Independence of 1848–1849 () was one of many European Revolutions of 1848 and was closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas. Although th ...
File:Cemetery Chapel, 2020 Jászapáti.jpg, A cemetery chapel
File:Volt malomépület, helyi védelem alatt, 2020 Jászapáti.jpg, Former Jászapáti mill
References
External links
* in Hungarian
Populated places in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County
Jászság
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